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The announcement, through the columns of the New York Press, from the apparently authoritative and inspired source of infor mation known as Marshal Bamsdell, of the District of Columbia, that Mr. Harrison -will be a candidate for a .Republican re nomination, is interesting, rather for senti mental reasons than for any practical im portance in politics. It is to be presumed that the name of Mr. Harrison trill be urged on the ground that he is the grandson of a former President of the United States; that he was a gallant officer during the war, and that the Harrison family has, sit times, been powerful in Indiana and Montana. Any more recent arguments in favor of this nomination are not visible on the present sur'ace of politics. Nevertheless, the force of these qualifica tions for leadership of a party should not be underestimated. They were sufficient to win a nomination and election in 1888, and it is a rnle in politics that what is good enough to win one election with is good enough for all, until the pitcher is broken with too frequent trips to the well. It may be objected that General Harrison's nomina tion in 1888 was that ot a compromise be tween the more positive, but contending leaders; but why should he not have the same position in 1892? While the real leaders of Republican politics, like Blaine and Reed, are contending over the prize, what is to prevent the man whom very few people really thirifc of, lrom slipping off with it? One feature of this announcement is of interest. Of course the announcement comes in the form that General Harrison will not seek the nomination. He never has sought any public position, it is asserted by his representative. Possibly not; but when it was suggested in 1888 that the nomi nation might seek that otber Indianian, Judge Gresham, the undying ill-will of the grandson of his grandfather, who was wait ing for the nomination to seek him, was stored up for every one who supported the wrong man. The President may not seek a nomination now; but previous experience as to his attitude of mind while he is not seeking such things should warn ambitious gentlemen like Messrs. Blaine, Seed, Mc Jxinley or Cullom, to be on their guard gainst unexpected slashes of the Presidental knife. So far, Bepublican candidates are early in the field. Mr. Beed was put into train ing by our own Americus Club; Mr. Depew put himself on the track as a sort of com promise 2few York and Chicago World's Fair candidate by his dulcet oratory at the latter city; Mr. Blaine is understood to have sprung into the lists armed cap-a-pie with his reciprocity letter, and President Harrison is nominated by Marshal Bams dell. When the field is entered by so many and so easy paths, no ambitious Bepublican should permit the flower of opportunity to go to seed on the stalk for lack of plucking. PORCINE POLITIC. A very striking illustration of the dispo sition of political disputants to appeal to the lowest motives, in order to injure their opponents, is mrnished by an at- which the Democratic -papers of Phila- la are making upon the four Bepnbli- iongressmen of that citv. The iudict- ainst the Philadelphia Congressmen consists ot tne damning tact mat tbe repre sentatives of Philadelphia have only suc ceeded inxgetting an aDDropriation ol $200,- 000 for theXeacue Island navy-yard! As every reader of The Dispatch knows, there are abundant grounds of criti cism of the Bepublican party by Demo cratic organs with which we could heartily agree. In the State campaign, especially, the issues of making the principles and re quirements of the Constitution effective against the corporations which have so far successfully nullified them; of adminis tration of the Government by men whose past records can successfully challenge in vestigation; and the protection of popular interests against the encroachment of mon opolies are issues on which the Democratic -press might effectively open their heaviest artillery. In national politics the support bv the Bepublican Congressmen of the most extravagant appropriations; their votes to unseat political opponents confessedly at party dictation, and their denial of the lib erty of intelligent debate are equally vital points of criticism. With these questions, involving the welfare of the whole people, the preservation of the Government from, financial complications if not absolute bank ruptcy, and the maintenance of constitu tional principles, it is a marked indication 01 the tendency to descend to pettiness, in practical politics, that the Democratic press of Philadelphia should take to throwing stones at theBepublican Congressmen o that city solely and exclusively for the reason that they have not got entush of the pork. The shallowness of this sort of politics is apparent rom the readiness with which it can be turned the other way. Pour terms of Congress previous to this were controlled by a Democratic majority, and in most of them a Democratic Congressman .rom Phil adelphia was Chairman of the Committee of Appropriations. It is just as easy to as sail Samuel J. Band all for the act that League Island has not had its share of the sfilitical delWi canH mennag grabs, as it is to attack the Bepublican Congressmen. Indeed, the assault on the latter includes the former; for it is made a specific part of the assault that the neglect to give Philadelphia a full ration out of the pork-barrel has been going on for fifteen years. But the minds which indulge in this class oi argument are rarely capable of remembering for the space of two years back; and consequently the failure to get a fair share ot the swag whichrecoils on the Democratic Congressman whom Phila delphia sent to the House during his life time is made the subject of a wholesale fu sillade against the Republicans. Of course this sort of politics is not pecu liar to the Democrats. It is a stereotyped method for the cheaper sort of politicians in all parties. It is so easy to say that what ever appropriations a Congressman has se cured for his district he ought to have got more, that it is universally resorted to, and it appeals so exclusively to the idea of poli tics as a gigantic game of grabbing at the Treasury, that it rarely attracts any atten tion from those who.take higher views, and is only listened to where it is effective. But in this case the resort to that half pen nv style of argument is noticeable on account of the abundance of weightier am munition. Our Democratic cotemporarics should un derstand that tbey have a campaign before them which involves much weightier mat ters than the division of plunder. By ap pealing to popular judgment or really pub lic issues, they can do very much more good than by addressing shallow arguments to local selfishness. ALLEGHENY'S FIRES. Allegheny is getting more than her share of fire. The Bradley Woolen Mill, close to the Porter Foundry and the lumberyards burned this month, was destroyed yester day. Three fires originating mysteriously within a stone's throw of one another forcibly suggest incendiarism. When the lumber yards were consumed as an epilogue to the celebration of Allegheny's semi centennial, there was talk of incendiaries. Nothing more than talk has transpired. Now the burning of the woolen mill has re vived the interest in tne question. We trust that the Allegheny police authorities will make an investigation. The fire department of Allegheny was able to confine the flames to the building in which they started yesterday. But the en gines were unable to reach the scene as soon as they should have done because they had responded to another call. Here the need for a reserve force of engines of which The Dispatch has made mention before was strikingly exhibited. The fire department must be strengthened, or Allegheny will awake some morning to find half the city in ashes. GIVE THE DOGS A CHANCE! The Humane Society and The Dispatch are hand-in-hand as to the need for a dog pound. The Humane Society wants a pound for the dogs, and is moving energet ically to get it. This morning The Dispatch presents to its readers an accurate description of the Home for Lost Dogs in London. In most re spects this institution answers to our con ception of what a dog pound should be. A place where stray dogs may be confined until their owners claim them or until it is deemed best to sell or kill them. The meth ods in the Battersea Home are humane and enlightened. Of course Pitts burg's dog pound need not be planned upon the metropolitan scale. Here the whole thing might be created at a very small expense. In any event, the cruel and sense less slaughter of dogs which this city has seen should not be repeated. If a city ordi nance is needed for the establishment of a dog pound, Councils will give it, we are convinced. Private individuals will pay for a pound if the police department shows a desire to use it. THE UNION PACIFIC'S LANDS. The order of the Secretary of the Interior directing the issue of patents for two million acres of land to the Union Pacific Bailroad Company is a proceeding that evokes a good deal of criticism. Possibly under the strict construction of the grant in favor of the rail road company it may be entitled to the land altnough in that case, as there has been no main line built by that company for twenty years, it might be interesting to in quire why the proof was not made and the patents taken out long ago. But there seems to be very good reasons why the Gov ernment should protect itself as much as possible in dealing with the companies for which it has built railroads and thrown iu several small principalities of land lor tak ing them. As everyone knows, the Union Pacific Bailroad owes a debt to the United States Treasury amounting to over $80,000,000. The. representatives of the company have been belore Congress at the present session with the formal plea for an extension on the avowed gronnd of inability to pay it. The report ot the Investigating Commission, of which Governor Pattison was Chairman, plscetfit beyond doubt that this inability is, in large measure, if not en tirely caused by vicious management and bad faith on the part of the corporation; and while the present management of the cor poration is showing more disposition to make an effort to fulfill its obligations, the penalty for past bad management ought to fall on the corporation responsible for it rather than on the people of the United States. Under these circumstances the course adopted by the Cleveland administration of withholding further grants of land as a par tial protection lor the Government's claim was one which the circumstances justified and which the people indorsed. The course of giving the corporation all it claims with out any protection for the Government's debt, adopted by the present administra tion, is one that may require explanation before the people. MCKLINESS AND LICKINES. The difficulty of realizing the ideal is illustrated by the experience of the nation with its postage stamps. A short time ago a crusade was btarted by an energetic and unbridled press against the sickly green postage stamp. The abolition of that gov ernmental device wis hard to secure at at first, but persistent and industrious de nunciations of its "anesthetic qualities finally triumphed, and the red stamp took the place o the obnoxious green one. The latter has now been in use long enough for a popular verdict, and the report seems to justify a doubt whether we have not lallen into Cbarybdis, through the avoidance ot Scylla. The red stamp may be more estbetio and less sickly; but it is also less sticky. The experi ence of sticking a stamp on a let ter and having it fall off be fore reaching the postnffice is apt to 'produce a moral exasperation more deterior ating than an offense against esthetics. While the question of beauty on the postage stamp may be of importance, per see it is not so important as that ol having the stamp stick on the letter until it gets to its desti nation. If the later style of stamp does not succeed in developing inereased ad hesiveness, an exasperaied people will pro pound the conundrum why a sickly green stamp is not better than an unsticky red one. This is a fresh illustration of the great principle that it is "better to endure the ills we have than fly to others that we knew not of." TRQTTERH AT HOMEWOOD. The first day's raclnir at Homewood Park was highly successful. The weather yester day was delightful; the races exciting, and the spectators numerous and enthusiastic. Pittsburg appreciates first-class sport, and will support it cenerouslv. This has been proven iu tho past, and now we do not doubt that the Homewood race meeting will show that the popularity of the trotting horse in Pittsburg ha increased rather than waned during the latter'slong absence. Homewood Park possesses charms that few race tracks possess. It is beautifully situ ated. There in summer weather the per formance of thoroughbread trotters becomes poetry. It is the sort of epic that every body can fathom. The negative encouragement which Chief Bigelow has received from a jury for his efforts to beautify the Duquesne wharf is nor of a character calculated to inspire him with farther desire to make the waste places of the city blossom as a rose. Still, Mr. Bigelow must be perfectly aware that the public appreciate highly bis efforts to improve things. So long as tbehandsome reservoir parks are scored to bis credit and acknowledgment made of his ex cellent and enduring service to the city in pro moting and perfecting the Schenley Park ne gotiations, the Chief can stand a slight and temporary set-back such a3 that experienced in the matter ot Duquesne way. Mr. Blgelow's administration will always be signalized, by bis enterprise and success in getting attractive breathing places for the city. If Congressmen cannot get Congress to adjourn, the best thing tbey can do consist ently with the great duty of going home and looking after their fences is to leave their proxies with the Speaker and let him finish up the work of legislation. The New York World, which utters a good many plain troths, occasionally varies that praiseworthy practice by giving vent to its im agination, as follows: "We have the authority of Carnegie, Fhipps & Co., for Instance, that ironworkers' wages in Europe have recently Increased 17 per cent. At the same time the Pittsburg iron and steel workers are complain ing of low wages." It would be interesting to learn where and bow this complaint of low wages has been made. Tbe scale of wages for iron and steel workers in Pittsburg are those made up by the organization of the men them selves and accepted by tbe manufacturers. When the men are getting the wages they ask for, it takes a long-distance telescope 'from the .office of the esteemed World to discover tbe ground of complaint. ' Mr. Waed McAlisteb is said to have overtasked his eyesight in writing his book about American society. Nothing is said about taxing bis brain. That is something en tirely without connection, either with the book or the subject One of the noticeable and yet universal features of current politics is the way in which Republican newspapers are condemning the Farmers' Alliance movement in Nebraska and Minnesota, while praising it in Alabama and South Carolina, and the equal unanimity of the Democratic press in frowning upon it in tbe Southern States and declaring that in the Western Republican States it is a result of "disgust with tbe evident truckling to monop oly" of the Republicans. This is equally true of tbe movement North and Sooth; but tbe different ways in which it is looked at, accord ing to its locality, is a proof not only that it makes a great difference when our toes are trod on, but also that it is an entirely separate mat ter if our enemy's corns are pinched. Whes the Presidental family organs commence lampooning Sir. Blaine, it is hardly necessary for the President's friends to an nounce that be will accept a renomination if it is urgently pressed upon him. "Chaiemait Keee insists that Candi date Pattison must conciliate tbe corporations. It is strange that he doesn't leave that part ot tbe work to Scott." This editorial remark of the Philadelphia Press is a weak Invention of the enemy. The only way in which Pattison can conciliate the corporations is to sell out to them, and they are previously supplied with a candidate wbo seems to suit tbem well enough. Paulson's strength lies in tbe fact that he is not the kind of man to conciliate the corpora tions. Has the abundance of caterpillars any connection with tbe movement to suppress the genial, if somewhat impudent, English spar row? The rage for annexation has proceeded to sneb an extent that we discover In the Balti more American a proposition to annex Dela ware to Maryland. Tbe idea of wiping out two United States Senatorshlps wonld seem at first blnsh to doom'any such idea to defeat; but per haps Delaware might be induced to assent to it, if Maryland would give bonds to elect a Bay ard or a Saalsbnry to the Senate. PEOPLE W0BTH BEADING ABOUT. President Carnot is said to be the most tastefully dressed public man In France. Henry Cabot Lodge also wears a rllk sash around hia abdomen. It is a strong argument against permitting Congress to sit In summer. JiURAT Halstead hastens to correct the statement that he bad sailed for Europe. Senator Chandler will no doubt be much sur prised. The Democrats of Eastern Massachusetts have been trying to persuade the Hon. George M Stearns to run for Congress, but he declines to do so. Richiard K. Fox, the eminent American journalist, is so busy in London arranging the fight between McAuliffe and Slarin that he has not yet dined with tbe Prince of Wales. Much satisfactfon is expressed at the ap pointment of Captain Kane, the hero of the Calliope at Apia, to the command of the In flexible, one of the largest and most powerful battle ships in tbe English navy. Mlle. Rhea will have Mr. Havens' play, "Josephine, Empress of tbe French," trans lated into French and produce it at the Odeon, Paris, before her return to this country. This is certainly a high compliment to tbe author ot the play. The Berlin Locksmiths' Guild, in making Prii.ce Bismarck its Honorary Master, declared him to be "Germany's greatest artistic lock smith, tip made tbe key .that opened the lock of tbe Kyffhaeuser and banded It to the Emperor William the First." "I should like to see Scotland again," said Dr. McCosb tbe other day. "Dear old Scotland, with all her great associations and grand and noble men! I'can never forget her. In memory I revisit her every day of my life. I had my .ticket bought not long ago for a voyage to ber shores, but I was not ablo when the time came to go. Scotland I hope yet to see Scotland once more." x " JIrs. James G. Blaine, Jr., is convalescing at Saratoga. Sue has ber pretty baby with her and is accompanied by the mother of Mr. Da Lancey Nicoll and his sister, Mrs. McK. Minton, of New York. It is two years since Mrs. Blaine contracted ber rheumatic troubles at tbe sea shore, and tbe physicians do not permit ber to visit .the sea during her convalescence. She has not lost her beauty, Dot is very palo from ber long confinement. " Cholera Prohibited in Knnsns. Trom the New York bun. it There is said to be a case of Asiatic cholera in Kansas. But tbe Asiatic cholera can do nothing In a prohibition State.. It can bs kept out by statute, and, if necessary, by constitu-, tional amendment. THE TOPICAL TALKER. The Fire Wn a Harvest to Him A Glance nt Mr. Quitr Ai to Private Interments Robert V. Wilson. TT is an 111 fire that burns to no profit. The burning of the Bradley mill yesterday drew crowds in tbe evening to tho Allegheny river bank, and the enterprising philanthropist who has a merry-go-round beside the Sixth street Drtdge had more customers than be could sup ply. The flying.hores kept up the dizzy flight to the tuneful accompaniment nf the snorting and thumping file engines, antl the populace vibrated between risking its neck on the roofs of freight cars and swinging on the merry-go-round till it saw double or even more. Jx a Cleveland express last night I caught a CilmDso of Senator Matthew Stanley Quay. He was traveling eastward from Beaver after a brief stay at borne. The statutory interview was omitted, for the writer has been there so often before tbat there was no fun in it for him. Hut I can tell you tbat the Sphinx of Beaver wore a suit of lisht gray striped with a thin black line, a straw bat with a black band, and a placid expression of contemplatlteness. In tbe twelve miles run into Pittsburg he did not say many more than "twelve words to his son Dick, wbo sat beside him. One tbing I have noticed abont Mr. Quay is tbat for so notable a man he is not at all well kn own personally, I mean. Now, on the train last night tbe conductor and crew were not aware of the Senator's presence. Some public men of far less prominence are recognizod wherever they go. Tbe reason for this is, I believe, tbat it Is very hard to make a portrait of Mr. Quay. Such a thing as a speaking like ness of him has never been made to my knowledge. Even the photographers bave not succeeded always with him. Keppler and the rest of the cartoonists have never caught tbe expression without which Mr Quay's face la not recognizable. Wbat is that expression? That's the question. The French would say tbat it's al-do-not-know-what J-Jeke is a matter wbich the managers of cemeteries should look to. i Tbe general custom now is to have the funeral services more or less pnblic at the bouse or In churcb, but to make tbe interment as private as possible. The custom is sensible and right. None but the dearest and nearest to tbe dead bave a right to stand bv the grave. But tbe lax management of most of our ceme teries practically renders anything like private interment possible. An example will make this clear. A short time ago a so-called private inter ment took place in the Allegheny Cemetery. It was Sunday. When the funeral reached the grave a crowd of some three or four hnndred sightseers surrounded the burial lot. Through this crowd the sorrowful party had to push their way to the grave. Before bnndreds of Idle, inquisitive eyes the greatest grief men and women can know had to be met tbe last farewell taken of the dead. Tben, while tho tears were still falling, tbe spectators closed in upon the grave: chil dren were held aloft and necks craned to sate a vulgar curiosity. Tbe misery of the moment was made almost maddening by this cruel in trusion. Tbe authorities of the Allegheny Cemetery ought to have been able to prevent such a wron g as this. A policeman was present, but be was statuesque and nothing more. Tbe spectators did not annoy him. The thought less idlers in the cemetery probably did not know what pain their presence gave. Tbe managers of the cemeteries for the complaint is general should see to it at once that private interments can be had. TT Is grievous. Indeed, that sneb a man of parts and rare promise as Robert D. Wil son should be taken in his prime from the pro fession be ornamented. Those wbo knew him far better than I bave spoken of his remark able talents and sterling virtues. It may be said here, where his name has been mentioned not seldom and where sundry of bis wise and witty sayings have been recorded, tbat a moie acute and better balanced intellect than his there was not to be found among men of his age in Pittsburg. The gift of wit is so rare that Mr. Wilson always shone In conversation. His reading was extensive and peculiarly wise in its direction wise in the highest sense. To these intellectual powers and graces he brought the aid and setting of gentleness and modesty. A useful, gracious, lovable being has been taken away untimely. ' CUREENT TIMELY TOPICS. IX the past 90 years tbe number ot people wbo speak English have increased from 24, 000, 000 to ICO, ISO, 000. It will soon bo the universal lan guage. - TnE trouble with our baseball clubs is that there are too many J's in tbem. Guests at St. Louis hotels help themselves since tbe waiters1 strike, and tbe best or It Is they are not so lone about it and tbey Lave no waiters to tip. At last Lima oil Is to be listed. Two or three ;earsagolfa man bad suggested such a thing be. WOUlu nave ueea cuu.iuctcu vm;. a. 19 uicic bosh to say that the Ohio product cannot be de odorized. A society lady, a graduate of a cooking school, asks wben is the best time to cook a dumpling for her Intended husband. It you love him dearly don't make htm one at all, but if you insist, wait until you are married and willing to live alone again, for be will certainly have good grounds to apply for and secure a divorce. What a lot of good just now a long, drench ing, soaking rain would do, if for no other pur pose than to give our overworked ball players a rest. A party of New York and Philadelphia sportsmen recently shot a shoat in Maine under the Impression that it was a bear. The owner pursuaded tbem, with the assistance of a gun, to purchase the defunct pie. . New England sends 53,000,000 annually to tbe New Orleans lottery and In return receives bout50,000. The managers cf the lottery do bet ter to the New England States than they do other sections of the country.' He only shaved clean once a week. And when be died bis widow bought A cactus plant and kissed it oft; Thus was be to ber mem'ry brought. Philadelphia Times, CoitFOKAL TANNEB says that he is now chiefly interested in the Tanner family, and Indi cations point to tho fact that tliat particular M asblngton family is being well provided fur. Colonel Calvin Beice, of rainbow asso ciations and suggestions, speaking from a large experience, savs that he "never helped to set up any man in business with good results." Perhaps that is the reason why Orover Cleveland is not now doing business at tbe old stand in -Washing-! ton. Mr. B. should retire. A PLEASANT OUTING Anticipated by Those Wbo Will Attend n Coming Lawn Fete. Extensive preparations are being made by the Yonng People's Society of Christian En deavor, of tbe lit Washington Baptist Churcb, foran out-door supperand lawn fete to-morrow and Friday, at tbe residence of W. T. Bown, Grandview avenue, Mt Washington, A first class supper will be served from 6.30 to 7.30 P. M after which there will be field sports, games and good music Refreshments of all kinds for sale during the evaning. Admission, 25 cents; supper, 25 cents extra. The object in serving suppens to enable per sons desiring to do so to spend an afternoon and evening on the mount in sight-seeing or in Sulet on tbe beautiful grounds surrounding tbe own mansion. A good time is assured. Tho proceeds. are for the benefit ot the Baptist Church. A Lawn Fele lor Wllklnsburff. A lawn fete l- to be given by the ladles of the congregation of St. James' Roman Catholic Churcb, Wilkinsburg, on the evenings of August 7 and 8. Tbe affair will take place on the grounds surrounding the churcb. Prepara tions are already in progress and there is every indication tbat tbe fete will be a delightful one. The proceeds will be devoted to the build ing f and. ' DEATHS0FA DAY. Dr. T. T. Pcnlr.. The above well-known resident of Braddock died yesterday morning at 8 o'clock at the resi dence or bis parents at Ellzibcth, from consump tion complicated with tvphold fever, lie had been & sufferer for some years, .and (ately spent three weeks at the seaside, but without benefiting, as it was thought he would, by the chanire. Dr. Pe&trswat luemberof the iiraddock ninh th. Boyal Arcanum and the Jr. U. U. A. M., ana was, wj jent vtav G0HD0N HEARS BUSINESS. . The Georgia Governor Propose Retaliation for the Fedrrnl Election Bill. New York. Julyfe. The following commu nication from tbe Goveraor of Georgia is printed here to-day: - lam in entire accord wltb tbe spirit, tone and practical suggestions or tbe Atlanta Constitution as to the use of the boycott as a means or self preservation and commercial Independence if tbe useless and Infamous Force bill becomes a law. Moreover, tbat spirit will possess and control ap proximately every white man. woman and child In the Southern States. It may'be permissible to make a personal" allusion in illustrating the effect of such legislation upon our people, 1 bave labored constantly and earnestly since the 9th day of April, 163. in publio and private, at tbe South and the .North, to allay passion and pro mote unity .My highest political ambition bas been to be instrumental In some degree in restor ing the real brotherhood of the people and the true sisterhood or the States. Ever since this sectional and shameful legislation bas passed the House 1 have sought to eheer our peOnle with the hope that some or the Republican Senators would be round patriotic enough, broad and brave enough, to prefer tbe well being or the country to party ascendancy. I still hope so, and that popular demonstrations at tbe North will uphold their bands and give them courage' to denounce this effort to destroy the-freedom or election un der the dishonest pretense of securing an "honest count." But ir this hope Is not to be realized. and the Force bill becomes a law, 1 shall use whatever Influence and ability 1 may possess to arouse tbe Southern peoplo to the necessity or looking only to their own exhaustless re sources. We will still welcome to our section and homes all ourcountrymen or tbe North, who may wish to live among us, and we will still pro tect all their Investments and rights or property by impartial laws and honest courts; but we shall counsel a return to tbe old syetem or the selection of Iteprescntatlves by a general ticket if need be, or a resort to any lawful, peaceful means, in order to protect the right or choosing Representatives and to resist tbe wrong or having them chosen for ns by Federal supervisors. "We will still endeavor to keep peace and pro mote good will between the races, and sincerely hope tbe Southern negroes will not destroy their prosperity by consorting with those whose mad policy threatens the well-Delng of both races. We shall still hope that alter these years or apparent reconciliation and or restored confidence we sball not see the whole current of national sentiment turned backward and downward by sectional legislation which has no possible justification or rational excuse. J. B. Gobdon. A DAY OF 1ECTUBES. Interesting Exercises of tbe Carlisle Sunday School Convention. rSrXCIAI, TXIEORAM TO TUB DISPATCS.1 Carlisle, July 22. The second day's session of the Cumberland Valley Sunday School Con vention was that known as "Chautauqua Day." Thousands of visitors were present from all parts of the State. This moraine at B o'clock the exercises were opened with devotional ex ercises in the large auditorium building, cap able of seating 6,000 persons. The first address was delivered by Rev. Conrad Clever, D. D., of Baltimore, on 'Teachers' Normal," followed by the President of Dickinson College, Rev. George E. Reed, on "Qualities That Win." Tben came tbe Bible Normal Section, Rev. L M. Carvell, Ph. D, of Harrisburg, Pa., and children's hour, with illustrated lecture, "Tbe Search for Wisdom and Its Reward," by Rev. R. H. Gilbert, of Cbambersburg, followed by practical primary instruction by Mrs. Ella C. Logan, of Dillsbnrg. Recognition Day, by the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, by Rev. H. U. Pardoe, of Harrisburg. This evening Hon. James Tanner. ex-Commissioner of Pensions, delivered his lecture, entitled "Soldier Life, Grave and Gay." Among many good things be said was bis ex pressed love tor the soldier. He urged the Government to take good care of the poor vet erans. To-morrow is Literary Dav, wben the principal address will be made by Rev. Willis J. Beecher, of Auburn, N. Y. Thousands of per sons are on the grounds for the week. FLINT GLASS MEN MEET, They Will Not Discuss the English Syndl cate'a Proposition. A representative of a prominent flint glass manufacturing firm was in the city last night In speaking of the meeting of the Flint and Lime Glass Manufacturers' Association, which convenes at Asbuty Park to-day, tbe gentle man said: "There will be a big fight between tbe manufacturers and jobbers over tbe cost of packing. This bas always been a trouble some question, and will not down. This meet ing is the semi-annual conference of manu facturers, held to discuss the trade and to harmonize any conflicting interests." Regarding the much-talked -of English syndi cate, which is said to be desirous of purchasing all the factories In the country, the gentleman said: "There will bo no action taken on the subject by tbe association. Each manufacturer will decide for bimself whether be sball sell to the syndicate or not, and each one. of course, will try to get the largest sum possible for his plant. There .will certainly be no combine iu tbe matter by tbe association itself." BIG BASKET PICNICS. Colored People Erjoy Themselves Yesterday nndTn-Dny ot Rock Point. A train of fourteen cars filled with excur sionists came in at Union Station at 9 o'clock last night. Tbey were tbe Sunday school and congregation of the Colored Baptist Church at East Liberty, wbo had sf ent tbe day at Rock Point. Everything passed off pleasantly at the picnic To-day another very largo colored picnic re quiring two sections in tho, train, will go to tbe same place. Conductor Nathan Tyler will have charge of this excursion, as a committee of the congregation made a special reqnest tbat he be placed in charge as he Is very popular among the colored people, especially the ladies, for his gallantry on former occa sions. NEW STATUE FOB THE CEUBCH. St. Mnrj's, Sbarpsburg, In Receipt of nn Excellent Representation of l. Aloyiln. An excellent executed and lifelike statue of St. Aloysius bas just been received at St. Mary's Church, Sbarpsburg. The carving and finish is very fine, and the Saint represented as in deep meditation before a crucifix. The statue is the work of a scarcely known sculptor In Acben, Germany, to whom the Rev.. Father Otten about a year ago entrusted tbe work at a cost of S175, raised hv subscription In the parish. The statue is 6 feet high and wrought out of one block of wood. The Saint is habited in tbe black habit of the Society of Jesus, of which he was a member, with surplice and stole. The realistic and highly artiatic manner In which tbe work is done bas attracted much attention In tbe suburb. A NEW COAL FIELD. A Bituminous Vein Di.covered In the Vicinity of York. rSFKCIAI, TM.XOBAJI TO TOT! DISPATCH.1 ( Carlisle, July 22. Considerable excitement prevails throughout Yotk and the lower end or this county, over small traces of coal found near Manchester. At different times a com pany has been formed to sink a shaft and ex periment. At the deprh of 13 feet they found several veins of bituminous coal, the largest 6 feet in width and from 8 to 12 Inches in thick ness. Tbe veins are on the farm of Benjamin Gross, near York, adjoining Cumberland county, and the shaft was sunk near the North ern Central Railroad. If tbe find is a valuable one there will be an easy outlet for tbe product to tbe South and West by means of this rail road. The W. C T.. U.nt 4abevllle, N. C. Abbeville, N. C. July 22. The Women's Christian Temperance Union Assembly opened here to-day with 12 States represented and otber delegatos expected. After devotional exercises several Interesting addresses were delivered. nd this eventng Miss Wiilard spoke in the Opera Heuse to a large audience. 4Aficr the Blair nn Been Stolen. From the St. Louis Pott-Dispatch. Tbe call to bait on the extravagance of the Republican majority in Congress by the more prudent otgans and leaders of tbe party ap pears to have been made too late. Tbe damage has been done aud a deficit cannot be staved off by the most skilful financial juggling. More Money Tor Charity. Mr. R. D. Layton yesterday sent to Dunbar SUB 60, tbe amount of tbe contributions to tbe relief fund turned In to him on Saturday and Monday. He has received replies from all tbe letters he sent out last week soliciting aid, and bas just mailed another big batch of letters, from which he expects returns iu a few days. From tVllklnubnrg to Donbnr. Rev. S. S. Lamblug, pastor of St James' Roman Catholic Church, (Ikinsburg. has tent a check for J35 from his congregation to. the bereaved women ana children In Dunbar, THE ART OF MEMORY THE SUBJECT OF AN INSTRUCTIVE CHAU TAUQUA LECTURE. Explanation of Prof. Wblle'a Method of As. listing Sindenta to Recollect 'Facta DIornlliy nod Rellclon Mrs. Woolson Says Unplensnnt Thins About Germany. SPECIAL TELEOBAM TO TBE DISPATCH. TAKE Chautauqua, July 22. Not content alone with Dr. Harper and his instructive method by means of which Hebrew, Greek and Latin can be forced Into tbe minds ot tbe students with a speed that wonld appal the teachers of our fathers, the Assembly bas brought a man here to tell the people bow to strengthen the memory and retain the large amount of knowledge and wisdom which, is offered here as free as water. If the Chautau qua scholars do not propose to spend unneces sary energy and time in the aquirement of the principles of language study, neither do they intend to lose what they have learned. This memory method is also an inductive one, to be learned quickly, and with tbe lightning-like rapidity, which only suits tbe sprouting Chau tauqua idea. Tbey are bound to bave tbe inductive method in everything, wblcb, in short, means shooting tbings suddenly, skill fully, meteorlcally into tbe mind of the student without any of the cant and drudgery of the old time instruction. At 5 o'clock this afternoon Prof. W. W. White, the gentleman who Is to teach tbe peo ple ot Chautauqua tho art of memory training, gave a bright, interesting lecture on tbe sno ject which most interests him. These were bis pointed and suggestive remarks: Some one has truly said tbat lectures on projectiles never made a marksman. Lectures on memory never improved tbe memory. We take a certain amount of material and we endeavor to get re sults and classify them. Memory has been de fined as tbe revival of a past mental impression. This is recollection, but not memory. The im pression must be strong. Good nntl Bad Memories. "There are two kinds of memory. First, the good impressionability but poor retentive power, which. like marks on tho sands, the in coming tide washes away. Second, the poor im pression ability and good retentive power.wbich ars like chiseling on tne flinty rock, though there are a good many chisels drilled In tbe operation. Tbe retention of anything does not depend upon repetition of the impression. I will venture that there are those who cannot write properly the figures of the clock upon the blackboard, and yet tbey bave seen the clock more times than anv other object on earth. " These are tbe methods of memory training; that of resemblance between differ ent objects: memorizing a number of words; and tbat based upon the natural laws of tbe mind. If the cause of anything is presented tbe effect comes to the mind; if the effect, the cause comes to tbe mind. Tbe speaker drilled tbe audience upon a series of words having a resemblance of sun, beat, steam, vapor, light, lightning, clouds, rain, Noah, ark, lark, oanary, bird, finch, etc., each following in sort of a natural order. Then be asked tbem to repeat tbe alphabet backward and they could not do it. This fact he brought to prove that tbe memory followed natural laws. If I think of tbe lake, 1 think of tbe ship upon the lake. Tbe association of the con tainer brings the thine: contained. Tbe easy way in which we memorize rhyming poetry is dne to tbe resemblance in sound. There are contrasts in sound, meaning and appearance. If we go to a friend to describe a new sound, to illustrate it we immediately contrast it with another sound. Children learn to talk by sound. You child can speak Englisb, but be cannot write it Why should we not when we become older, use sound more? Considering Related Objects. Tverything to be remembered and recalled at win Biiouiu oe miroancea into tne mind in an organized relation to something else. You sbpuld never introdnce anvthing in an irrela tive way to tbe mind. If you find two tbings together in space and they have any relation you naturally place them together. Anything tbat takes things out of their natural setting is impracticable and injurious to tbe mind. I think that we try to get toq many things into our minds and have too llttlo at our fingers' ends. If you put any little fact down In your little note book tbe memory is jealous of it ana by and by when you want to keep anything in your mind vour memory will sav. "Put it down in your little note book." Tbe fact is that if we knew enough we would find everything related. Wben we bave a lesson we should not go right straight through it but look at it in general and gain tbe easiest way. Tbe speaker wrote tbe names of tbe sons of Jacob on tbe board. "1 notice that Dan ends witbftbe same letter that Napbali begins with, which ends with tbe same letter as Issachai." and in tbat and otber ways be taught an easy way to commit these names. Mr. While claims for his memory system tbat It is perfectly nat ural, and adapts it to a logical arrangement of tbings in one's mind. He remains at Chautau qua for several weeks to teach and explain his ideas to classes which are to be formed for this study. s now morality and Religion Differ. "THE first of these lectures on tbe subject of biblical study was given ti o'clock by Prof. Weidner. These talk3 alternate tilth those of Prof. Bernham, and will continue to tbe end of tbe week. There are 60 In all of tbe sciences connected with biblical study. It takes men 15 or 20 years to become experts on tbese subjects. We have to do with one of four divisions which we call systematic the ology. There is a worldly morality. In which man is his own law giver, and tbe religious morality, in which man recognizes God as his leader. The fnndamental conception of hu manity is the consideration of God. morality and nature. Tbe first relation of man to God is religion, in which God works in the human soul to prepare it for Himself as a dwelling. Though morality and religion are not one and tbe same thins, they are very closely united. You can bave morality without religion, but not religion without moralty. In Catholicism tbe only duty of Its followers is to tbechurch. There is a wide difference between Catholic and Protestant ethics. Protestants teacb the doctrines of tbe universal priesthood of be lievers. The Reformation distinguished be tween the word of God and the word of man. In the life of tbe present day .there are three tendencies: First, an abiding faith in the re ligion of Jesus Christ; second, a belief in no Christ; third. Roman Catholicism. Along these lines are to bo fought out the religious prob lems of the future. Where there is perfect good there is perfect knowledge and perfect power as to its attributes. When we speak of natnre In God it is not the same tbing as speaking of material substance in God. God must live in Himself, a life of perfectly satis fled love. Dlnn's Destiny Foresbnilnwcrt". AS s God created man In his own lmige, be is not merely a part of nature, but is a per sonality. Man is a being possessed of soul and body, a union of spirit and nature. Superiority is not only shown in man's mind and soulbut in his bodily frame. It is the soul which really fashions tbe body. We can read God's hand writing on every countenance. Man bas De come a citizen of lbe world without the right of citizenship in heaven. Tbe destiny of man is shadowed forth in human desire ana incli nation. Tbe inclination is tbe inmost nature striving for development 'Ibis inclination, through longing or desire, may mount to a passion. Perhaps there is but one indispensa ble Impulse in man, namely: self-preservation. Mrs. Abba Gould Woolson continued her lec tures, taking for tbe subject of this afternoon "Tbe Germany of To-day." We have iu Ger m ny tbe singular instance ot the consolidation . . th.lir.nf n...l ,..,,1... nffn nt OI an empire 1U .U Hit ui. miu uj mc cuu. La via. a single man. She recited the striking parts of German history in a graphic style, remarked tbe demoralization of France at tbe time of the capture of Paris and tbe splendid manner in which she has arisen in the form of tho re public The women of France were responsi ble for this progress, Decause tbev have taken care of the small money matters of the nation tbe finances of the French home. Tbe German Government undoubtedly bas intentions on Belgium and tbe Netherlands. If she could se cure these nations she would bave many new cities and seaports. Austria's wise king, who has gnidod the destinies of tbe people for the last 50 years, is making' every effort to keep alive the patriotism of his subjects and every preparation for her f otnro defeuse. Uncomplimentary to Germany. "THE Germans are a kind, noble people, but they have no courage. They have been dazzled by the glory of military power. They have tbe mind to do, but they have not the original force. They are not originators, but commutators. Their language is no older than ours In the time of Chaucer Their government is turning all the nations of Europe back to medievalism by tbe menace of ber standing army. Mrs. Woolson pronounced a terrible tirade from beginning to end agatnstBisraarck. From ber speech she evidently thought tbat Bismarck was still iu power. When she says tbat Ger many deserves no credit in literary lines, the names of Scbiller, Goethe, Mozart immediately assert themselves to our mind as perbaps tbe originators pf a few beautiful writings and compositions In the German language, and be sides, it is generally understood tbat tbey are tbe greatest authors in the world on many sci entific subjects. Mrs. Woolson is a person of few likes aud more aud stranger dislikes. Minor Likesido Happening, pnor. J. O. Flagler gave tbe last organ ro citat of tbe season this morning. It was the most classical of tbenuilland closed with some beautiful variations on the tune of Pror. Martin S. D. L'Oge gave interesting stereopticon views this evening on "Ancient and Modern Athens." Prof. Harper held an open-air meeting of biblical students this afternoon, conducted with bis customary zeaL W. HRowand and wife, of Pittsburg, were at the Hotel Atbenium. Chautauqua Christian Endeavor Woman's Club and morning prayers were among the minor meetings of the day. Tbe daily Assembly Herald begins publica tion to-morrow, with Need Arden Flood, a re cent graduate of Jobns Hopkins and a young man of ability, as editor. It has been enlarged and Is now 8 pages and 32 columns. BESPECT FOB THE DEAD. The Bar Association Take Action oa Two of If Lnte Member. An adjourned meeting of the Bar Associa tion was held yesterday to receive the report ot the Committee on Resolutions on tbe death of A, J. Klrscbner, Esq., who commuted sni cide Sunday. Upon the presentation of tbe resolutions addresses were made by J. D. Watson, J. McF. Carpenter, Frank Thompson. John I. Lamble. B. C. Christy, W. A. Holman and A. E. Wegcr upon the life of Mr. Kirschner. Tbe resolutions paid a de serving tribute to the pure life, noble aims and manly character of the deceased. He was born in tbe cottage of a peasant, in a province of Germany, 36 years ago. At the age of 8 years he cams to this country with bis parents, and Bettled in Allegheny, afterward going to Reserve township. When he finished bis course in tbe district school he tanght school for a short time, and then, armed with a flatter, ing certificate from H. I, Gourley. now Mayor of Pittsburg, ho applied for admission to tbe State Normal School at Mlllersvllle. where be graduated wltb great honor. He studied law unuer A. M. Watson, Esq , and was admitted to tbe bar in 1879. bfs papers being among tbe best on tile. He bas never failed to observe even tbe slightest act of courtesy due from him to his fellow members of the bar. The resolu tions were adopted and directed to be spread on the minutes, ana a copy sent to the widow of tbe deceased. A largely attended meeting of tbe Bar Asso ciation was also beld yesterday morning, to take action on tbe death of Robert D. Wilson, Esq. W. li Negley, Esq., presided, and made a brief address. He was followed by George B. Gordon, Judge Over. M. A. Woodward, Charles Scovel, Thomas Patterson. O. S. Rich ardson. T. C. Lazear and W. D. Porter, all of whom were personal friends of Mr. Wilson, and spoke very highly nf him. A committee on resolutions was appointed, and submitted resolutions eulogizing the sterling qualities of Mr. Wilson, bis great talent as a lawyer and conscientious principles and attention to busi ness. The resolutions were adopted and Ordered to be spread on the minntcs, and a copy sent to the family of the deceased. BEEB MEN WILL FIGHT For Possession ot the Great Prohibitory Dis trict In Culcngv. ISTECIAT. TELEGRAM TO TDK DISr ATCn. 1 Chicago, Jnly 22. The first step in a big legal battle wblcb is to determine whether tbe district about Jackson Park, in which the bnlk ot the Columbian Exposition will be located, shall be peppered with saloons or remain a probibition district as it is now, was taken iu the Cook County Circuit Court to-day. When Chicago was about to annex the great suburban town of Hyde Park a great outcry was raised by tbe denizens of that district against annexation, because, they claimed, an nexation meant tbe destruction oftbelr pro hibitory law and the surrenderor theirproperty to tbe disreputable element which bas a potent influence in Chicago city politics. To qnie"t all fears tbe Legislature passedan act to tbe effect tbat prohibitory ordinances in force at tbe time of annexation in tbe annexed districts -should remain In force after annexation until repealed by tbe voters. And so a big district in tbe miast of Chicago atleastas large as Allegheny is absolutely free from saloons. Yesterday Micbael J. Henderson applied for a license in Hyde Park, close bv Jack-on Park. He visited tbe Mayor's offico with his attor neys and tendered five crisp $100 bills. Tbe Mayor refused to grant it and to day Henderson filed an elaborate petition for a mandamus to compel tbe Mayor to grant tbe license. He takes tbe position tbat tbe pro hibitory law is invalid and tbat it is not neces sary to get an affirmative vote of tbo district covered Dylt in order to Drusn it out ot tne way. In makinctbts fight Henderson is a mere figurehead. Behind bim is the vast power and political influence of tbe Brewer-' Association and kindred organizations, which, in view of tbe fact tbat tbe World's Fair is to be at Jackson Park within tbe present prohibitory district see tbat there is literally millions involved in it LIKE ORDINARY MATT, MATTER. An Important DecUlon Relating to Daty an Phonographic Cylinder. ISPECIAL TXLEOllAM TO TUB DISrATCH.1 NEW York, Jnly 22. The Secretary of the Treasnry has issued to tho collectors and other officers of customs copies of the sundry decis ions rendered by tbe Treasury Department in custom cases since July 1- Among them Is one rendered on July 9. and is likely to be of im portance to botb tbe professional and com mercial world. It is to the following effect: 'Phonograph cylinders, imported Dy mail, and which bear upon their surface tbe impres sions made by the stylus of tbe phonograpb when recording letters and messages, are con sidered as occupying tho same position in tbe transportation of correspondence as tho paper sheets upon which communications have here tofore been inscribed or typewritten, and should he treated in the same manner as ordi nary mail matter, and subject to no further inspection by customs officials than may be necessary to protect the Interests of tbe reve nue. FBEE TICKETS AS tna BIGHT. Novel Salt of an Ohio fllnn Agnlnst a Street Railway Cbmpnny. SrELIAL TELIOKAM TO THE DISPATCH.! Cleveland. July 22. One ot the most peculiar cases in tbe history of Ohio litigation was begun in the Common Pleas Court of Sum mit county, at Akron, a few days ago. Tbo plaintiff is Nathan Morse, one of the best known attorneys in Akron, and the defendant is tbe Akron Street Railway Company. Morse 'sues for equitable relief or an Injunction. His petition states that he is a stockholder in tbe street railway company in question and de clared tbat It Is customary for sucb companies to issue free tickets to their stockholders, and that be bas received none. Tbe plaintiff, therefore, asks that the Court compel the street railway cofp-iny to issne bim complimentary tickets In such quantities as he may need for his own use. or tbat it be forever enjoined from issuing any free tickets to any persons whatever. It is doubtless tbe first case on record of an attempt to force a company to issue passes by tbe mandate of tbe Court One Thing the Trnsts Cnn't Manage. From the Philadelphia Press. For tbe assurance which comes up from tbe South tbat tbere will be no watermelon trust this year, the country is duly tbankfuL The watermelon is not an institution to be trusted. ATT, THEOUGH THE STATE. Clarence Allen, of Bristol, sent a boxed snapper through the mails to New York. Three Jndces from Mercer, Butler and Lawrence counties are fishing in the Queen's dominions. Mr. Robert Lewis, living nearTitnsvilIe, passed his 77th anniversary In the harvest field one day Isst week. "What kind of a woman makes tho best wife!" was the themo of Rev. S. T. Kcmble, of Bristol, on Sunday evening. The wife of Qusrryman Peter Barns, of Bridgeport wbo gave birth to triplets on San day, is getting along admirably, and so are the babies. While picking blackberries near Alburtis. Lehigh county, Sirs. Glen M. Rhoads, a young woman of Allentown, was seized with hem orrhages and bled to death. Jackson-. Woonn & Co deny that they In tend selling their car works, at Berwick, and say tbat when improvements are completed they will employ more than 1,000 men. A BOX containing two dozen bottles of sarsa parilla slid from a wagon In bcranton. Tbe box landed on tbe pavement ad the crash of breaking glass resembled tbe roar of cannon. The water in No. 14 shaft at Pittston is being taken out by four large buckets, having a capacity of 850 gallons each. It is belnglowered at the rate of about 20 inches a day, but it will take a couple of months even at tbis rate to take tbe water out that a safe inspection of the workings may be obtained. Last spring Fred Heather, residing on Mead street Williamsport began some repairs on bis bouse, and bad occasion to use several cberry limbs to prop up the floor above the cellar. Tbe posts, sank Into the ground, and being green, took root and sprouted, until now tbere are long branches filled with leaves on the posts. CUEI0US CONDENSATIONS. Turkish women eat rose leaves with but ter to seenre plumpness. It is stated that oysters 10 inches long are found In New Guinea. A citizen of Baker Citv, Ore., paid 5120 freight on two terriers from England. Certain European noblemen princi- Sallv Englishmen are now the owners of about 1,000 acres of land in tbe United States. The cultivation of pecans is increasing in the South. F. A. Swinden has a farm of 4C0 acret near Brownwood, Tex., upon which he has 11,000 trees planted. The great exhibition held in London in 1851 was attended by $.039,195 persons, and left a profit of 213,305. It remained onen from the first of May till tbe 11th of OctoDer. Charlie Jackson, an 8-year-old lad of Marlboro, Mass., last week picked up a pocket book containing $15,000 In gold certificates and checks. He found the owner a set captain-. soon after, and, returning tbe pockelbookto bim, was handsomely rewarded. Paris gossips declare that one ol the regular physicians wbo was most conspicuous in ridiculing Dr. Brown-Sequard's "elixir" has just been cured of paralysis by its administra tion, and is now as zealous an advocate of Se quard as he was previously a scoffer. The newest and most select club about London is the Two Pins Club, composed chiefly of Punch's young men, with the addition of a few persons like Sir Charles Russell and Lord Rosebery. Tbe two pins in question coma from tbe names of Dick Turpin and John Gil pin. An explorer who has been collecting specimens from the sea bottom, and also watching the habits of marine animals, says tbat artists are wrong in representing divers as walking upright as his experience shows that it is necessary to walk with tbe body inclined forward at an angle of 45 degrees. Many parents are apt to consider their daughters worth their weight in gold, but a Scotch gentleman estimated bis two daughters' value at even a higher rate than tbis. be queathing to each her weight in 1 notes. Tbe elder seems to bave been slimmer than ber sister, for she got only 5LC0O. while tbe younger received 57,3 U. At Athens, G3., a man on his way home saw a dog running toward him through the darkness at full speed. Surmising tbat the doe was mad. tbe man climbed up a tree and re mained tbere tbe rest of the night, with tbe dose standing guard below. When daylight came the man discovered that tbe dog was his own. Slowly and softly the man began to descend, and the truth was rapidly dawning in his mind. Some statistics from summer resorts shows that the New England coast receives the greatest number of city visitors In tbe summer. 638 prominent persons visiting it, while 308 go to tbe interior; tbe same number go to Pennsyl vania, Maryland and Delaware, 240 to tbe south shore of Long Island, 232 to the north shore of tbe sound, 204 to the Hndson river, 118 to the Jersey coast and 68 to the north shore of Lone Island. Just after the war ended the Navy De partment gave Ericsson a 15-inch shell fonnd among tbe ruins of Sumter. It baa been fired from one ot the monitors, and somehow tbe fuse had failed to go oil. Ericsson sent It to the King of Sweden, and the good Oscar placed it in the great museum at Stockholm, with a fitting and touching inscription in honor of one of the most honored of Swedes. It's there now. A rare horse is that of George Booth, Superintendent of tbe Bristol Gas Works. The animal was recently neglected at dinnertime, but went on an indepen Jent foraging expedi tion. First "horsey" raised tbo lid of tho feedbox and dined to satisfaction. Then a trip was made to tbe hydrant where he turned on tbe water, filled lbe trongh. then turned it off, quaffed to bfs heart's content and went back to bis stall. Frank E. Patterson, one of the execu tors of tbe Patterson estate at Manaynnk, re cently found an old brass cannon among the debris of tbe storeroom that bad been nsed In the Mexican War and sent bomebv tbelate General Robert Patterson as a trophy of bis victory at Natural Ridge, on the way from Vera Cruz to the City of Mexico. This old relic will be presented to tho Historical So ciety at an early date. It is a singular iact that the great men seldom leave direct descendants. Napoleon, Wellington. Washington, ail prove this rule. Shakespeare left only two daughters, whose children died without issue. Probably the nearest relative to tue great poet now living is one Thomas Hart, a resident of Australia, wbo is said to be tbe eighth in descentfrom Shakes peare's sister Joan. Walter Scott's line ended with tbe second or third .generation. The story goes that when Crowfoot, the Blackfoot chief, received a perpetual pass over tbe Canadian Pacific Railroad he wrote the following picturesque letter of thanks: Greit Chief of the railwav: i salute yon, O chief. Ogrear, lam pleased with tbe railroad key, opening road free to me. The chains and rich covering of your name writing, its wonderfnl power to open tbe road, show the greatness of your chieftness. I have done. Crowfoot. A curious calculation of the amount of food consumed in a lifetime of 70 years has re cently been mine by M. Soyer, a French savant now chef of tbe Reform Club of Lon don. Among other things, M. Soyer siysthat the average epicure of three-score and ten will have consumed 30 oxen, 200 sheep. 100 calve". 200 lambs. 50 pigi. 2.200 fowls. 1.000 fish of different kinds, 30,000 msters. 5,475 pounds ot vegetable", 243 pounds "of butter. 21,000 eggs and 4 tons of bread, beside several hogsheads of wine, tea, coffee, etc This enormous amount of food will neigh but little short of 40 tons. For moths salt is the best exterminator. The nunsin one of the hospital convents bave tried everything else without success, and their experience is valuab'c, as tbey have so much clothing of the sick w bo go tbere, and strangers when dying often leave there quantities of closhing. etc. Tbey bad a room full of feathers, which were sent tbere for pillow makin '. and they were in despair, as they could not exterm inate the moths, until they were advised to trv common salt They sprinkled it around, and in a week or ten days they were altogether rid of tbe moths. They are never troubled now. A Greenboro (N. C.) correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch states that a Northern syndicate is negotiatmgwith the Battle Gronnd Company for sites for a large hotel, cafe and Eavilion at the Guiliford battle ground. This eantifnl park, six miles from Greensboro, is being extensively improved. Already a number of cottages, pavilions and monuments have been erected, and iti destined to become one of tbe greatest pleasure resorts of that section. Tbere are several mineral springs on the prop erty. A bill providing for an appropriation of S30,0CO for the erection on tbe grounds of a monument t.i General Nathaniel Greene bas been favorably reported in the National House of Representatives, and will be passed. WITH THE SHARP ENDS UP. Mrs. Slowboy I didn't catch Dr. Time ly's text this morning: it wasn't from "Kobcrt Vt.merp ' was it? Mrs. Hastie Of course not; it was from "Marie Bash klrtsefiV' Xeto lorkSun. Biggsy What's the niatterwilh Beasley? WIggsy He used to cat a bowl ofeggs for break fast every morning, and the consequent is ho walks bow-legged; see? -Tew fork Herald. "How do you do mv little man." re marked a gentleman at Cape 31ay to Baby McKee. "Little man. Indeed." replied Baby McKee, indignantly. "I guess it must be grandpa you are thinking a(."-Keu-tors Sun. "By the way, how is Higsins? I heard he was at death's door." "Idon'tknowaboutthat but tbe last time I saw him he was on the step pulling the doctor's bell." Philadelphia '-limes. "Did you ever write any poetry, Jack?" asked one young man or another. Well." said Jack, lrankly, -'I thought it was poetrr and she agreed with me. but we never ventured to submit it for an expert opinion." tomtnlUe Journal. When tne bad boy sings "I want to be an angel" so sweetly at Sunday school the neighbor wbo know bim week days can't help wishing fer vently tbat be could have bis want gratified right away. bomtrville Journal. AN ARTIST'S SAD END. A brilliant young artist named Jamus Began sketching the hippopotamus; But the animal's smile Absorbed bim the while. And nothing's been beard since of Jamus. Harper's Bazar, Miss Angela Silllbilly (fresh from the city) Oh! obi Just look at those dear little cows. Brutal Rustic Ah, them ain't cows. Them's calve. Miss Angela Silllbilly Indeed t How awfully nice. And can't we all go out and remove tho Jelly from their feet before it spoils? American Urocer. Major Crust So you refuse me, MisJ Fondant; Miss F. I am very sorry. Major Crust, but your ion ha Just proposed to me, and 1 accepted lilm. JlsJorU Uood gracious I You don't mean to ay tbe boy bas been such an ass. London XuU Hits.-
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